The foremost in four-wheel drive
County Commercial Cars have produced one of the best four-wheel drive machines over the past few decades. Ever since the start in 1950, the products have been far superior than the competition and it was a sad day when the ceased production in 1990.
Back in the early days of the company, they specialised in building crawlers before developing their tractors. Now they have a legendary status and demand a premium, especially the last of the tractors and the flagship 1474 and 1884 models. More recently the marque has become more popular on the restoration scene, competing against the likes of Roadless and Bray.
Enthusiasm hit a high a few years ago, when in 2003 and 2005 the team of County fanatics held a couple of working days in the South West to celebrate the achievements of the manufacturer. Hundreds of tractors from all over the country arrived to work in front of spectators for charity and a good day was had by all. More events like this should be in the pipeline and likely to happen soon.
This website is aimed at collating all the County tractors that are in preservation or still being used for work in one place. It is important to keep a tab on what is left after many have been broken for spares or turned back into Ford skid units.
If you own or run a County we would love to hear from you. We hope to feature as many models with serial numbers as possible and make this the definitive place to find County tractors. We are happy for you to remain anonymous, but all photos of County kit are gratefully received, please use the 'Your Tractor' button for more information.
We look forward to your help in compiling this comprehensive list.
Latest News
Latest Update - 4th May 2012 - Over 350 Tractors!
For Sale
Ford 7810 - 4700h, new tyres
Tel. 01837 83085 (Devon)
County 1184 - 2000 hours, comes with light pods and spare 1184 chassis and £1,000 worth of spares.
Arthur
0050031119 or 0050055689
(Falklands)
County 762H
8176 hours, used for 3500 acres of spraying per year.
Serial 45278. Located in Offaly ROI
£Offers
Mark Tong tgp@eircom.net
Wanted
County drive shaft flange - splined coupler for end of drive shaft in good condition
- 07980 473265
Conversions Day Confirmed! - ‘500 Acres to
Plough’ 
Plans for the Blue Force Conversions Day have been confirmed with 500 acres to plough. This unique event is to be held over the weekend of 29th and 30th September, 15 miles south of Lincoln on the west side of the A15 between Lincoln and Sleaford at the junction of the A15 and the B1191. To date entries have been received from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland as well as enquiries arriving from mainland Europe.
There will be a plough practice day and road run on the Saturday, while Sunday will be the main ploughing day. All conversions based on Fordson, Ford and New Holland tractors are welcome from wheeled through to tracked, whether for work or as part of an impressive static line up; the Blue Force Conversions Day will be a spectacle of the likes not seen before.
A lot of work has gone into the planning of the event so that everyone from spectators to tractor drivers will be able to benefit. The aim is to have a field for County tractors to plough in, while another field will be set aside for Roadless machines, with another for Doe, Muir-Hill and so forth. At set intervals throughout the day it is expected that for one hour all the County tractors will plough, while the next hour will see all Roadless tractors plough, each marque will have its own time slot, this way it is hoped everyone will have the chance to watch and enjoy the spectacle.
It is the aim to have as many Doe tractors as possible gathered together at one time and what about Muir-Hill, no one to date has really had a gathering of this famous marque based on early Fordson through to the high horsepower Ford skid units.
What would be good to see is as many of the not so common conversions also be present in one place at one time, makes such as Bray, Chaseside, James Jones, KFD, Mailam, Matbro, Northrop, Rotoped, Shire, J J Thomas, Whitlock and many other rare conversions. As owners might not want to plough with these rare tractors, this is where a good static display would be very impressive indeed.
For further details and application forms for the Blue Force Conversions Day please contact David Leech on 01526 320797 or e-mail info@blueforce.uk.com
May 2012